[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 37 (Thursday, February 29, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1076-S1077]
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              INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

  The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the 
first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Booker, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Butler, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Murray, 
             Mr. Wyden, Mr. Reed, Mr. Carper, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. 
             Cantwell, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Brown, Mr. Casey, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
             Tester, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Warner, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
             Bennet, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Coons, Mr. Schatz, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. 
             King, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Warren, Mr. Markey, Mr. Peters, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Cortez 
             Masto, Ms. Smith, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Kelly, 
             Mr. Lujan, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Ossoff, 
             Mr. Welch, and Mr. Fetterman):
       S. 4. A bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to 
     revise the criteria for determining which States and 
     political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. TILLIS (for himself and Mr. Kelly):
       S. 3832. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to ensure appropriate access to non-opioid pain 
     management drugs under part D of the Medicare program; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HAGERTY (for himself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Cotton, Mr. 
             Budd, Mr. Rubio, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Lankford, Mr. 
             Tillis, Mr. Cramer, Mrs. Capito, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. 
             Fischer, and Mr. Scott of South Carolina):

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       S. 3833. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of, or who 
     have committed, an offense for driving while intoxicated or 
     impaired are inadmissible and deportable; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 3834. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     to ensure veterans may obtain a physical copy of a form for 
     reimbursement of certain travel expenses by mail or at 
     medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. SMITH:
       S. 3835. A bill to establish an interagency Working Group 
     to study financial safety and inclusion for survivors, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 3836. A bill to improve drought-related disaster 
     assistance programs of the Department of Agriculture, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Mr. Schmitt):
       S. 3837. A bill to improve financial literacy training for 
     members of the Armed Forces; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mrs. HYDE-SMITH:
       S. 3838. A bill to amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 
     1978 to authorize assistance for emergency measures in 
     response to pine beetle outbreaks, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. RICKETTS (for himself and Mrs. Fischer):
       S. 3839. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 203 East 6th Street in 
     Lexington, Nebraska, as the ``Bill Barrett Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. LUMMIS (for herself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Risch, 
             Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Lee, Mr. Cotton, Mr. 
             Crapo, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Lankford, and Mr. Cruz):
       S. 3840. A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 
     1934 to prohibit exchanges from effecting transactions in 
     securities issued by natural asset companies, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. KING (for himself and Mr. Cramer):
       S. 3841. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to submit a report on the impact of a proposed rule 
     submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on 
     access of veterans to long-term care facilities; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. PADILLA (for himself, Mr. Booker, Ms. Butler, 
             and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 3842. A bill to posthumously award a Congressional Gold 
     Medal to Muhammed Ali, in recognition of his contributions to 
     the United States; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Mr. Lujan):
       S. 3843. A bill to amend chapters 95 and 96 of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the system of public financing 
     for Presidential election campaigns, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Mr. Lujan):
       S. 3844. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act 
     of 1971 to reduce the number of members of the Federal 
     Election Commission from 6 to 5, to revise the method of 
     selection and terms of service of members of the Commission, 
     to distribute the powers of the Commission between the Chair 
     and the remaining members, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 3845. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to create a 
     national zero-emission vehicle standard, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Fetterman):
       S. 3846. A bill to establish a task force on waterway 
     freight diversification and economic development in the Ohio, 
     Allegheny, and Monongahela River corridors, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Welch, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, and Mr. Brown):
       S. 3847. A bill to authorize the Director of the Centers 
     for Disease Control and Prevention to carry out a Social 
     Determinants of Health Program, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Mr. Budd, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. 
             Marshall, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Scott of South 
             Carolina, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Braun, Mr. Graham, Mrs. 
             Hyde-Smith, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Scott of 
             Florida, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Moran, and Mr. Rounds):
       S. 3848. A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to freeze 
     the existing adverse effect wage rate applicable to H-2A 
     nonimmigrants through December 31, 2025; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn):
       S. 3849. A bill to promote United States leadership in 
     technical standards by directing the National Institute of 
     Standards and Technology and the Department of State to take 
     certain actions to encourage and enable United States 
     participation in developing standards and specifications for 
     artificial intelligence and other critical and emerging 
     technologies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BOOKER:
       S. 3850. A bill to provide for research and improvement of 
     cardiovascular health among the South Asian population of the 
     United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 3851. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 90 McCamly Street South in 
     Battle Creek, Michigan, as the ``Sojourner Truth Post 
     Office''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. Booker):
       S. 3852. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior, 
     acting through the Director of the United States Fish and 
     Wildlife Service, to promulgate regulations prohibiting the 
     use of lead ammunition on all land and water under the 
     jurisdiction and control of the United States Fish and 
     Wildlife Service, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HAWLEY:
       S. 3853. A bill to extend the period for filing claims 
     under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act and to provide 
     for compensation under such Act for claims relating to 
     Manhattan Project waste, and to improve compensation for 
     workers involved in uranium mining; read the first time.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 3854. A bill to combat transnational repression abroad, 
     to strengthen tools to combat authoritarianism, corruption, 
     and kleptocracy, to invest in democracy research and 
     development, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       S. 3855. A bill to interconnect the Electric Reliability 
     Council of Texas to its neighbors, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ROUNDS:
       S. 3856. A bill to require certain forest supervisors of 
     units of the National Forest System to submit to the Chief of 
     the Forest Service a harvesting improvement report, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mr. PADILLA (for himself and Ms. Butler):
       S. 3857. A bill to take certain land in the State of 
     California into trust for the benefit of the Jamul Indian 
     Village of California, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. KELLY (for himself and Ms. Lummis):
       S. 3858. A bill to establish within the Office of Land and 
     Emergency Management of the Environmental Protection Agency 
     the Office of Mountains, Deserts, and Plains, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Ossoff):
       S. 3859. A bill to ensure that homicides can be prosecuted 
     under Federal law without regard to the time elapsed between 
     the act or omission that caused the death of the victim and 
     the death itself; considered and passed.

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